Why Australians need to get better at inspecting houses

New research has shown property buyers are spending less than one hour inspecting a home before making one of the biggest financial decisions of their life.

Phil Dwyer, National President of the Builders Collective of Australia, told Ross and John such scant attention to detail was asking for trouble.

“People seem to spend more time on checking out a car than a house — one’s a million (dollars), one’s 50 grand,” he said.

Research shows homeowners are spending less than an hour in houses before parting with their hard-earned – Burnso: “I figured mine had been standing for 100 years, it’s not going to fall over tomorrow”.